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M. M. SHELLABERGER.

v WIRE'FENCE. N0. 422,842. Patented Mar. 4, 1890'.

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" limb b has corresponding crimps or inward .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL M. SHELLABERGER, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 422,842, dated March 4, 1890. Application filed May 27, 1889. Serial No. 312,263. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.- y

B'e it known that I, MICHAEL M. SHELLA- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and Stateof Pennsylvania,l1ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to wire fences which comprise hair-pin-shaped pickets and longitudinal cables. l

The object of the invention is the construction of a fence that will be ornamental and in which the two limbs of each picket will be brought together at points in their length and comprised between twists in the strands of the cables, whereby the pickets can be fed to the machine by hand the same as any flat or straight picket. of the picket that are boundin the cables are not in the same straight line, hence the pickets will not turn relative to the line of fence.

The improvement consists in the novel features which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in whichv Figure l is a side view of a wire fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa horizontal section on the line X X of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side View of a picket of my invention.

The hairpin-shaped pickets A are each composed of two limbs a and Zi. The limb chas crimps or inward Vbends e and straight portions f between the crimps or bends e. The

bends h, and straight portions g between the bends. The crimps or bends on one limb are arranged to come opposite the straight po'rtions on the other limb, substantially as shown, and are sufficiently deflected to touch said straight portions at the points j, k, and Z. The point j isv at one side of the picket and the point la at the other side, and the point Z on the' same side of the picket with the point j.

The points in the length The line joining these points j, k, and Z rep= resents the angle or resistance to the turning of the picket in the cables. Each picket has an ornamental top or loop m, beneath which the limbs are brought together, as at which point is ont of line with the other points j, k, and Z, thereby increasing the re sistanee to the turning of the picket. The strands of the cable G are twisted about the limbs of the picket at c', of cable G at j, of cable G2 at k, and of cable G3 at Z.4 It will be observed that the alternate pickets are arranged in reverse order to the intermediate pickets, so that the bends or crimps in the limb of one picket will come opposite the bends or crimps in the opposing limb of the adjacent picket, thereby forming panels, which add to the appearance of the fence.

It will be understood that the outline of the crimps or bends will vary according to the pattern required, the essential feature being the hair-pin picket having its fasteningpoints i j Zr, &c., ont of a straight line, whereby the picket can be twisted in between the strands of -the cables by an ordinary fencemaking machine and be held from turning.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-- l. The hereinbeforespeciiied hair pinshaped vpicket having crimps in its legs,` the crimps in one leg being deflected to meet the other leg between its crimps, the meeting or touching points of the two legs being ont of a straight line and adapted to be spanned by a'single fastening, whereby the picket and the legs of the picket are prevented from turn ing on their axis, substantially as set forth.

2. The hereinbefore-speciied wire fence composed of longitudinal cables and hairs-pinshaped pickets, which pickets have crimps in their legs, the crimps of one leg being deflected to meet the other leg between the crimps therein, the meetingpoints of the legs being ont of a straight line and bound in between single twists of the strands of the cable, substantially as described.

3. The herein shown and described wire IDG equal bend at the folded end and meeting at Z, in a, single twist, substantially as described,

i, and having alternate straight and bent porfor the purpose specied. 1o tions f and e, the bent portions of one leg Intestimony whereof I affix my 4signature touching the straight portions of the other in presence of tWo witnesses.

5 leg at points g, 7c, and l, which are out of a MICHAEL M. SHELLABERGER.

straight line and out of a line passing through Vitnesses: point i, the strands of the cables embracing J. F. MERRIMAN,

the legs of the pickets at the points 1", g, 7a, and ALBERT P. HARKER. 

